Will_Dieterich

Ever so often it pays off to be sitting at a bar with a view of the port so you can see the pier runners.

Interesting advertisement tie-in. Not that good of an idea if you are already an amazon prime customer you can get 3 months of the same audible tier for free.

Had that message my last cruise to Indonesia and they never asked for them at check in. Figured it was a generic cover ourselves if needed that was sent to all

One other things. There is no way of seeing your OBC before you get on the ship. To make sure all is good write them a few weeks before hand to reservations_submit@hollandamerica.com Tell them you want your OBC and give them name, mariner ID, booking number, ship and voyage. It will take around a day to get a mail back of your total amount.

Did the stockperks. Took 3 days to prove I had the stock, I have fidelity so requires a screen shot and human processing. then under a day from the submission of request to having the email saying it was approved.

I was on the cruise in November and with our stop to Komodo the people doing locally purchased tours were suppose to get off in the early groups. Unfortunately for issues with the dock and the time it took to unload all self tours were canceled. The souvenir stands will accept major currency, US dollars was used for price displays. Bargain down the prices.

Was on an indonesia cruise a few months ago. When you get on they will collect your passport and give it back when you leave indonesia. For the visa, first check what is needed and accepted. What I am describing is for the USA. You can do nothing and you will get a visa on board, the cruise line will also charge you. For HAL the cost was $60, I don't know if that was what Indonesia charged them. The more work version and cheaper is to go to the Indonesia on-line site https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/ and for around $35 get your visa there, the site can be a pain to get working. If you go this way make sure you print out find the final version with all the bar codes. Then include a printed copy of that visa with your passport. Tell the cruise people when they are collecting your passports and they flagged it. I did the on-line version and was not charged the money for the visa. Also Singapore require you to do a pre-arrival approval.

Don't forget to do the request for the free OBC.

So how does that work for using as OBC? Do you just take the gift card down to customer service and tell them to use it, then once it is used up take the next one down and have them use that?

I got mine 3 days before departure. Had already printed out all tags and everything so just hand wrote the room number on them.

Well Marina Bay is not really that close to the port, you want the metro stop Marina South Pier which is one stop past Marina Bay. From Marina South Pier it is a short walk under a covered sidewalk to the port. The walk takes you to the bottom floor of the cruise terminal, they should have a luggage drop off point there which has less people using it then the main luggage drop off. You then take the elevator up to the main floor. I got on my cruise rather fast and went straight to my room, my luggage was already there.

Was just on an Indonesian cruise. When you get on they will collect your passport and give it back when you leave indonesia. For the visa, first check what is needed and accepted. What I am describing is for the USA. You can do nothing and you will get a visa on board, the cruise line will also charge you. For HAL the cost was $60, I don't know if that was what Indonesia charged them. The more work version and cheaper is to go to the Indonesia on-line site https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/ and for around $35 get your visa there, the site can be a pain to get working. If you go this way make sure you print out find the final version with all the bar codes. Then include a printed copy of that visa with your passport. Tell the cruise people when they are collecting your passports and they flagged it. I did the on-line version and was not charged the money for the visa.

I usually bring a magnet hook and hang a small decoration. Mainly to make it easy to find my room.

Last holland america cruise I was on the buffet at night had the items from the MDR, except the soups.

write to reservations_submit@hollandamerica.com Ask them for your OBC and they will send you the pdf.